PGA backs livestock transport permits

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) says a Western Australian Government decision to reinstate special livestock transport permits for struggling cattle farmers is a commonsense move.

The Exceptional Circumstances permits allow drought affected farmers in the north-west to use longer road trains to transport larger volumes of cattle to better pastures in the Murchison, Gascoyne and Pilbara.

Ian Randall from the PGA says it is a great help for pastoralists.

"It means that they can bring their stock from down south up to the Gascoyne area," he said.

"The problem is a lot of our members in the Gascoyne area sent their stock south for agistment previously using triple permits and now that the flooding has subsided and they're starting to get good growth of pasture, they need to bring their animals back."